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October 2018

The Telegraph: Who is the US bomb suspect and what do we know about the devices?
TIME Online: This Week's Attempted Bombings Raise Alarms. But Experts Say It Doesn't Mean the Country Is More Violent
Quartz: US terror attacks are increasingly motivated by right-wing views
AirTalk: Suspicious packages sent to Clintons, Obamas, Time Warner Center and other high profile figures
Vice: Tracing the Tactics of 21st-Century Youth Protest
Nature: Retool AI to forecast and limit wars
OZY: AI Heralds End of the Passport Line... and Start of a Privacy Row
The Conversation: The psychology of closure – and why some need it more than others
Forbes Online: Trump: America's Tweeter In Chief Becomes Its Texter In Chief
Foreign Policy: The Fight Against Terror Needs Better Data

September 2018

RAND: Why We Should Measure the Economic Impact of Terrorism in the Middle East
USA Today: The shooter who killed 3 in Aberdeen, Md., was a woman. How unusual is that?
Wall Street Journal: 400 Murders a Day: The Crisis of Latin America
The Guardian: Here’s the science behind the Brexit vote and Trump’s rise
The Conversation: Our shared reality is fraying
Quartz: Decades after 9/11, the American right is behind a terrorism surge
Scientific American: A Powerful Force That Shapes All of our Decisions
The Independent: 9/11: Two former members of investigative commission warn of future terrorist attacks
CTV: Growing Venezuela Refugee Crisis
Newshub: Interview: Martha Crenshaw
Foreign Policy: India's Aging Guerrillas Still Believe in the Struggle

August 2018

ABC: Why Al-Qaeda is alive and well long after the death of Bin Laden
Newswise: S&T Develops the First Line of Defense Against Acts of Targeted Violence
DHS: Vehicle Ramming Attack Mitigation
Quartz: Terrorism is surging in the US, fueled by right-wing ideologies
WKRC-TV Online: Global terrorism down in 2017... but there's more to the story.
Washington Post: Were the American cyclists killed in Tajikistan naive for traveling there?
Cato Institute: The Chance of Being Murdered or Injured in a Terrorist Attack in the United Kingdom
Washington Post: Terrorist attacks are quietly declining around the world
Quartz: Terrorist attacks in the Middle East and North Africa fell by almost 40% last year
CBC: Vegas police close investigation into Strip shooting, with FBI report to come
Human Rights Watch: Pakistan: Surge in Militant Attacks on Schools
Small Wars Journal: Terrorism is Still a Problem. It Has Not Gone Away.
Washington Times: Terrorist attacks are down worldwide, new data shows
Quartz: New data shows terror attacks are becoming less frequent and much less deadly

July 2018

CBC: ISIS claims of responsibility for Toronto shooting raise questions of credibility
The Star: Is U.S.-style gun violence really ‘new’ to Canada? Experts say our problems are not that different
The Guardian: Terror attacks by Muslims receive 357% more press attention, study finds
Feminist Current: Why don't we consider violence against women and girls terrorism?
Crucial Steps Forward: the National Academies of Science’s 2018 Study, “Enhancing Global Health Security through International Biosecurity and Health Engagement Programs”
AEI: The terrorists' war on education
Mother Jones: Inside the Radical, Uncomfortable Movement to Reform White Supremacists
Washington Times: Americans charged with ISIS support served in military more than 10 percent of time, study finds
Small Wars Journal: Rational Choice and How Erdogan Keeps Winning

June 2018

Christian Science Monitor: A nonviolent movement challenges Pakistan's military
Washington Post: Separating children isn't just immoral. It also threatens our national security.
Deutschlandfunk: Extremismusforschung
SOL: O "Novo" Terrorismo na Europa
Malta Today: Terrorism costs Malta €26.5 million in economic losses
Oxfam Blogs: Violence v Non Violence: which is more effective as a driver of change?